To Patti Smith, he was "my buddy". To Richard Gere, he was "a desert cowboy".
To Philip Kaufman, writer and director of The Right Stuff, he was "cool, and I mean the original meaning of cool".
To Jeff Nichols, writer and director of Oscar-nominated film Loving, he was "an American icon in a time when we manufacture a lot of celebrities".
Those are just a few of the ways friends and collaborators have summed up Sam Shepard, the actor and writer whose death was announced this week.
Shepard wrote more than 40 plays - a Pulitzer winner and two more nominees among them - and performed in films like 1983's The Right Stuff, for which he earned an Oscar nomination.
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Steve Jobs, who as Apple's founder and twice CEO revolutionized the use of computers, phones, and music players before popularizing digital tablets, died yesterday after a seven year battle with pancreatic cancer and related ailments. He was 56. Jobs built the world's most valuable technology company by creating devices that changed how people use electronics. So many people around the world saw the sad news on Steve Jobs while holding one of his products in their hands...
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Very sad news this morning - Paul Newman, movie idol, auto racer, veteran, humanitarian and philanthropist whose cool, rebellious charm made him one of the finest actors ever to grace the screen, died yesterday at his Connecticut farmhouse, after a long battle with cancer. Paul Newman may have been best known for his acting roles, such as Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy, but his heart was devoted to his wife, Joanne Woodward, through 50 years of marriage and by helping make the world a better place with the Newmanís Own Foundation, which has donated more than $250 million to charities worldwide. Many of us at Freaking News grew up watching Paul Newman movies and he will always stay part of our memories. His classic Hollywood smile will never fade from the big screen. We will miss you, Paul.
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American comedian and actor Bernie Mac has died this Saturday after the complications from pneumonia.
The "Original King of Comedy" left this life too early, and "the world just got a little less funny" said George Clooney, who co-starred with Bernie Mac in the remake of Ocean's Eleven and its sequels.
We will miss you, Bernie.
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Tim Russert, a political lifer and an icon of broadcast journalism, died of a heart attack this Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he's been covering. Russert made a TV career out of his passion. He was both feared and liked in Washington.
Russert died of a heart attack, collapsing at the network's Washington bureau. He was just 58.
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